| TRIPLEA | Top credit rating ... or a hint to 25-Across |
| ITSABOUTTIME | "Finally!"... or a hint to 25-, 33- or 42-Across |
| BESTOWER | Donor with top credit rating? (8) |
| AAA | Top credit rating (1,1,1) |
| AMPHORA | A speed rating, or a finish that jarred a Greek (7) |
| SUBPRIME | A loan made to a borrower with a poor credit rating (8) |
| DOWNGRADED | Changed from A to B, as a credit rating |
| AVERAGE | A quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean. (7) |
| APPLYFORALOAN | Take advantage of one's credit rating and make a request to a person who takes interest in their work (5,3,1,4) |
| MATELOT | Rating or officer ? destiny will reveal (7) |
| THREESTAR | Set among woods, hotel given one rating or another |
| REPAY | Best way to maintain one's credit rating |
| DIRECTMARKETING | Make credit rating different without using a personal selling technique (6,9) |
| ORANGE | In orienteering, the colour code of the courses with medium navigational difficulty rating, or the colour with white of the kites/flags at the control points (6) |
| SHOP | Go to 25 to get grass (4) |
| HALVE | Hold about 50 to cut to 25? (5) |
| MARK | Banks making light work of grade from credit rating agency, for instance (4) |
| DOWNGRADE | Broke, owed grand; hence new credit rating (9) |
| FITCH | One of the big three credit rating agencies (5) |
| STANDARD | ___ & Poor's, credit-rating agency (8) |
